Attila Szabo and Richard Legendi held successful presentations at the EPIA’2009 conference at the Social Simulation and Modelling and Multi-Agent Systems: Theory and Applications tracks with the title of “Sensitivity Analysis of a Tax Evasion Model Applying Automated Design of Experiments” and “Modeling Autonomous Adaptive Agents with Fables”, respectively.

The 14th Portuguese Conference on Artificial Intelligence, took place in Hotel Melia Ria, Aveiro, in October 12-15, 2009. As in previous years, this international conference was hosted with the patronage of the Portuguese Association for Artificial Intelligence (APPIA). The purpose of this conference was to promote research in all areas of Artificial Intelligence (AI), covering both theoretical/foundational issues and applications, and the scientific exchange among researchers, engineers and practitioners in related disciplines.